Exercise: 20 minutes jump rope; 30 minute cross country ski
0/1-5 at 12noon
cereal
3-5 mid afternoon
hot chocolate, bit of granola bar, cheese, candy cane
3-7 at 5pm
cheese, spaghetti, broccoli, 1 pc bread, 1/2 torilla, 2 cookies, coffee, about 8 chocolate kisses, 1 1/2 granola bar
Observation: What an awful start to the year! Here I had the goal to start off with a bang. The first setback was going skiing. I felt I needed some food to up my energy before heading out and so I ate. Then the hot chocolate on the trail was tempting and frankly I didn't even consider not having it. Then I chose to eat supper and then went way overboard with dessert. I think I falling for the lie of MORE will satisfy more.
Correction: I think the main thing would have been to skip supper until I was hungry. The other thing is I MUST remember MORE DOES NOT satisfy more! It just gives a sore tummy and feelings of shame and failure. Fill up on God. I should also stay away from coffee which I feel is a teaser for me, keeping me awake in the middle of the night.
Purpose of this Log
1. To help hold me accountable to myself and to the Lord. It helps me be more intentional and apply observation and correction more effectively.
2. To be transparent to others that they may also hold me to account and help sharpen me (GENTLY PLEASE) as they feel led by the Lord.
3. As I proceed prayerfully and intentionally, under the canopy of God's grace applying observation and correction along the way, my hope is that others can also learn a thing or two from my failings...make that "learnings"...and also from my victories in the Lord.
2. To be transparent to others that they may also hold me to account and help sharpen me (GENTLY PLEASE) as they feel led by the Lord.
3. As I proceed prayerfully and intentionally, under the canopy of God's grace applying observation and correction along the way, my hope is that others can also learn a thing or two from my failings...make that "learnings"...and also from my victories in the Lord.
In a Nutshell
I am following an approach to eating that is outlined in the "Thin Within" book by Judy and Arthur Halliday. I am not focussing on measuring or weighing foods or labelling foods as "good" or "bad" but rather aiming to eat when I'm hungry ("0") and stop when I'm satisfied ("5"), focussing on the keys to conscious eating (listed in the right hand column).
Another central Thin Within (and more importantly biblical) teaching that I aim to use with this food log is observation and correction, living under the canopy of God's grace on the path of God's provision. In a nutshell it's about turning to God and confessing and repenting and the amazing grace and love of God that changes us from the inside out.
Another central Thin Within (and more importantly biblical) teaching that I aim to use with this food log is observation and correction, living under the canopy of God's grace on the path of God's provision. In a nutshell it's about turning to God and confessing and repenting and the amazing grace and love of God that changes us from the inside out.
Keeping in mind at all times...
The most important aim of my life needs to be to "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness" (Matt. 6:33) and sit at my Lord's feet, feasting at the Lord's table (Ps. 23:5), getting "fat on Jesus," filling up on His Word and finding true satisfaction that can be found in Him alone. The Lord's Table study brought this into proper focus for me.
"Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
"Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12
"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
7 comments:
I read this the other day, and I'm reading it again, and still trying to figure out where you 'missed' your mark? What you wrote down on your food intake doesn't look like much. Of course I can't see the portions but what I read, it looks like a normal amount of food.
Thanks for your feedback, Angela.
Where I missed the mark was in regards to the thin Within 0-10 hunger/fullness scale. I aim to eat when I'm hungry (at #0) and stop when I'm satisfied (#5).
So if I'm eating at a #3 I generally am not physiologically hungry. Sometimes that's okay. I think joining the family for dinner occasionally at a #3 is okay. The problem is when I'm consistently not hungry in time for supper and then eat when I'm not hungry.
Then to top it all off I ate to a #7 which is past the point of comfort and satisfaction. Basically I was getting simply greedy for food and not satisfied with the portion the Lord had allotted me.
That make sense?
Yes, it does make sense. I do encourage you though to pray to God to help you get to the point where your meals with your family are a time of refreshment, fellowship and resting in the Lord. Your family needs to see their wife and mother not only sitting with them, but partaking of the meal with them.
Satan will do whatever he can to keep that bonding time from growing.
((hugs))
Just a side note, we both have daugthers, and we are their examples. I have already started to pray for Shaneah and for the spirit of gluttony be far from her.
I am in agreement with you, Angela. Family meal times are extremely precious. Actually family time in general is very precious. Actually I tend to not get too sticky on this point about to eat/not eat supper (there are many others who feel strongly about this however) but I tend to find it kind of awkward generally.
Ocassionally I will skip supper and sit and visit with the family if I feel I have been particularily entrenched in overeating and need to cut lose the sin that is entangling. And I just say "I'm not hungry right now" and my kids are well aware that mommy aims to eat when she's hungry and stop when she's full. So they understand.
Our whole family approach toward eating is to encourage waiting for physiological hunger and satisfaction. We still eat on schedule generally (meaning a breakfast/lunch/supper time), but hunger/fullness is such an awesome God-given measurement guage of whether or not we're on track with the amount of fuel our body needs...or how much extra we're consuming. I want my kids to get this message early on in life. It is not a legalistic rule, but rather a tool that is a gift from God so they never have to abide by the legalistic man-made dieting rules and regulations!
However, all that being said, I have to carefully evaluate the times I eat supper when not hungry. This can easily become a habit for me... The way I approach this is as a wake-up call that I need to watch my portions/choices at lunchtime so I will indeed be hungry for supper. When I am more intentional and pre-plan a little more, not giving into every craving/lust for food that I have, then I begin to get into a good rhythm and I don't encounter these dilemmas as frequently.
Thanks for your feedback:-)
Yes, you are teaching your children wisely. I'm glad to read that you still sit with your family for fellowship during those times that you are not hungry, and that for the most part, you do eat together.
"It is not a legalistic rule, but rather a tool that is a gift from God so they never have to abide by the legalistic man-made dieting " rules and regulations! I NEVER learned this until I think I read Weigh Down. As a child I was raised 'eat everything off your plate'. I NEVER learned to eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full. I didn't EVER experience the fullness, because I got to the place of past fullness. I don't want that for my daugther. One rule I made and told hubby and parents, 'children will NOT have to eat everything off their plates, and don't you dare tell them that'.!! I didn't want them to struggle like I have had too for so many years...
I find your concern about me eating meals with my children quite interesting. Maybe because I struggle with the concept of skipping dinner with the family (on a regular basis). I have the same feelings as you in regards to the importance of that family time together and eating food together.
Maybe I need to approach things more frequently in this way...
I need to prepare myself for this special time together as a family, not only planning and preparing the meals with love (which I usually do, although we're still just getting back into the routine of thigns around here), but also preparing myself in advance ensuring I am filled up on God's word and growing the fruits of the spirit and also ensuring that I am indeed physiologically hungry in time for dinner by making good choices throughout the rest of the day. If this time is of value to me, I need to protect this time and anything that can hinder the joy of this time together.
Christina, this is WILD because I just finished praying to God about you. "I find your concern about me eating meals with my children quite interesting." I was burdend about this, and gave it to the Lord. Told Him it was not my place to tell you this or that,but that I would pray, and ask Him to lead you, to show you what He desires. I was talking to Him about you eating during the day, and being full when it came for supper time. Than you write all this out and I am blown away again! WOW...God IS so good. He is really working in your heart, hearing your concerns that have been on your mind Christina. Oh, He is doing such an amazing thing in you girl!! The fruits of the spirit are growing, flourishing and blossoming in you. Keep seeking Him in this Christina, He is answering you and is guiding you, and weeding out 'stuff', helping you to eat to glorify Him, and build up your family also. Satan will do whatever he can to try to bring division. ((hugs))
Post a Comment